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3M buys Attenti for $230m

As reported by Globes: The Tel Aviv based company, formerly Dmatek, develops and manufactures electronic ankle bracelets to monitor a person’s whereabouts. 3M Corporation  will acquire Tel Aviv-based Attenti Holdings SA for $230 million in cash, from an investor group led by Francisco Partners. Attenti Holdings was formally Dmatek Ltd., which was traded on the London […]

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IEIC: India 2nd largest export market for Israel

As reported in Port2Port: Israeli exports to India in the first half of this year equaled USD 990 million, an increase of 102% in dollar terms compared to the same period last year. China rose to fifth place.   During the first half of 2010, India became Israel’s second-biggest export market from eighth; China climbed […]

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Biondvax wins award for flu vaccine

As reported in Israel 21C: Biondvax Pharmaceuticals, based in central Israel in Ness Ziona, has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2010 European Influenza Vaccines Technology Innovation Award for its breakthrough work on a universal influenza vaccine. The Multimeric-001 vaccine is designed to provide multi-season and multi-strain protection against most influenza virus strains, including both seasonal […]

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The Mofet Institute Study Tour

During the last week of November 2010, The Mofet Institute are planning on holding an 8-day study tour – “T& T and ICT”, dealing with the topic of ICT in Education. The study tour is designed for educators who are active in assimilating communication technologies into diverse educational systems. They will introduce the tour participants to Israeli hi-tech […]

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The mosquito’s nemesis is on its way

As reported in Israel 21C: An Israeli team is the first to succeed in identifying one of the chemicals used by thousands of prey species to avoid their predators. Inspired by the follow-up book Since Silent Spring, Prof. Leon Blaustein felt driven to find environmentally compatible solutions for combating insect pests. Not much had been […]

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September Newsletter of Haifa Down Under

Click here to see the latest Haifa Down Under Newsletter. This is an informative newsletter on the innovative nutrition products brought to you by Haifa. Physical copies will be available from your Local Haifa Distributor or your Regional Haifa Agronomist in the coming days.

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Amdocs and AT&T Launch Israeli Innovation Center

In a joint initiative, Amdocs, which develops billing and customer management relations solutions for telecommunications providers, and US telecommunications giant AT&T are setting up the Amdocs Innovations Center, which will enable Israeli companies to develop products and solutions with Amdocs for AT&T. The innovations center aims to foster collaboration with telephone, mobile phone and smartphone […]

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Bank of Israel leaves interest rate unchanged

As reported in Port2Port: The Bank of Israel has left the interest rate unchanged after announcing a 0.25% hike at the end of last month   Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer announced last Monday that interest rate for September would stay at 1.75%. The Bank of Israel has left the interest rate unchanged […]

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BIRD Energy to Invest $4.2m in 5 US-Israel Projects

As reported in IVC: The projects’ total aggregate budget is $12.8 million. Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD-F) unit BIRD Energy will invest $4.2 million in five new joint renewable energy projects by US and Israeli companies. The projects’ total aggregate budget is $12.8 million. The projects are a system for energy […]

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Electric Car Prototypes Hit Israeli Roads

As reported in IVC: Renault has begun field tests in Israel of the electric car for Better Place. French carmaker Renault SA has begun fields tests in Israel of the electric car for Shai Agassi’s Better Place LLC. Marketing of the cars is due to begin next year. Two prototypes of the Renault Fluence ZE, […]